Pipe Organ Database

From the OHS PC Database Builders Listing editor, Mar 20, 2016 -

Leonard G. Berghaus was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1938; he attended Concordia College of River Forest, Illinois, 1957-1961. He was a teacher, and an organist before he established his organbuilding firm in Melrose Park, Illinois, in 1967. He relocated the firm to Bellwood, Illinois, as the Berghaus Organ Co., in November 1973.¹ As of 2016, the firm is active. Leonard Berghaus is semi-retired; his son, Brian Berghaus, runs the daily operation as president of the firm.²

Sources:

1. David H. Fox, "Leonard G. Berghaus" A Guide to North American Organbuilders (Organ Historical Society, 1997), p70.
2. Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders Inc. website, accessed Nov 15, 2015, http://berghausorgan.com/our-company/history/.

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1997). -

Born 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio; attended Concordia College of River Forest, Illinois, 1957-1961; teacher, organist; established his own firm in Melrose Park, Illinois, 1967; relocated the firm to Bellwood, Illinois, as the Berghaus Organ Co., November 1973; active in 1991.

Sources:

• Letter to David H. Fox.
• Organ Handbook 1989 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society), 4.
• Stopt Diapason #28, Newsletter (Hoffman Estates, Ill.: Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society).